1. INDIA: Road to independence

3. Colonial India

4. Why Was England There? What is Imperialism? Why did England want to control India? What are the results of Imperialism? Famine

5. How the British Ruled Until 1857 India was run by a privately owned trading company called the British East India Company The BEIC had a conscription army of Indians forced to fight to help the company profit In 1857 these soldier or sepoys rebelled and the British government took the land and made it a colony

6. Protest vs. British Rule 2 groups formed at the end of the 19 th century Indian National Council Muslim League Both eventually fighting for independence Tactic of civil disobedience adopted to fight civil disobedience noun 1. the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes. Compare noncooperation ( def. 2 ), passive resistance.noncooperationpassive resistance.

7. What is the strength of non violent resistance? Why might civil disobedience be a good tactic to use? What are the drawbacks of this tactic?

8. Gandhi Hindu British educated lawyer Leader of Indian National Congress fighting for Indian rights and later independence through non violent non cooperation non violence

9. Contradictions of British Rule in India FamineTechnology

10. WWI During WWI 800,000 Indian Troops fought for the British 1.5 million volunteers 47,746 dead or missing 65,000 wounded Expected independence after the war Protests in India rose when independence was not granted Amritsar Massacre

11. Boycott’s as Protest Gandhi organized a boycott of British cloth He urged Indians to use only Homespun cloth The protest was meant to hurt England economically and help Indian workers Boycott

12. Arrests and Publicity Gandhi was arrested for his protests several times Part of the tactic of civil disobedience involves being publicly punished Court Scene 1 Court Scene 2

13. The Salt March Gandhi’s most famous protest was the Great Salt March The protest was a symbolic one of the British monopoly on salt in India The protest coincided with the anniversary of the Amritsar massacre salt march

14. Independence India Gained independence in 1947 It was split into two countries: India for Hindus Pakistan for Muslims Civil war broke out as people had to cross from one place to the other

15. Future politics East Pakistan had a revolution against Pakistan in 1971 to become Bangladesh India became the largest democracy in the world Pakistan has moved back and forth from democracy to military dictatorship